Amazing Fieldtrip to Seattle Children's Research Institute

On Wednesday, Dec. 11, Biotech Genetics students visited Children's Research Discovery Lab in downtown Seattle.  Students first learned about immunotherapy and the production of CAR-T cells that are used to treat some types of cancers.  Their research on this day was to learn how to separate out white blood cells from the other components of blood so that researchers could then extract T-cells to be used in CAR-T therapy. Students learned about clincal and research techniques and how they are critical to drug discovery;

Getting ready to work in the lab.

Prepared for micropipetting practice.

Loving the feel of doing research!

Tasks accomplished successfully.

Learning how to layer liquids in practice for blood separation.

Focused!

Passing off the experiment to team member.

Art in science mural.

Group photo!

Glow in the dark staircase.

Successful spin of Ficoll blood separation.

Removing plasma.

Obtaining white blood cells for observation.

Adding cells to hemacytometer.

Counting white blood cells.

Group photo in front of Children's facility.